A LEGEND DIES. Dawn Clark Netsch, Illinois' first female candidate for governor, an architect of the state's constitution and a longtime champion of civil rights and ethics in government, is dead. Carol Marin has the story.

SMACKDOWN: SIRI vs. GOOGLE. If you've been asking questions of an iPhone, you might want to break up with Siri and instead chat up Google's search app. Check out MacWorld's head-to-head tests to see which is much faster.

#TWITTER IS FOR #HATERS. A new study by the Pew Research Center finds those who Tweet tend to be more liberal than conservative. But it also concludes that, across the political spectrum, what stands out is "the overall negativity."

'I HAVE BILLS TO PAY AND CANNOT EXPECT TO DO SO BY GIVING MY WORK AWAY FOR FREE TO A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY SO THEY CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF MY EFFORTS.'An exchange between The Atlantic and a writer shines light on the state of freelance journalism these days.* Washington Post website introduces sponsored content, letting advertisers create blog posts, videos and graphics for its home page.